Lactose free milk

Lactose free milk

Ok, so i've seen some adverts on TV for this new lactose free milk -- obviously aimed at the lactose intolerant. I am not lactose intoerant however as you know with diabetes it can raise sugars!! I miss my cereal with milk in the morning as I found it made my bg rise no matter how much I injected. So is the lactose the sugar bit?? sorry ... just I know things ending in 'ose' i.e fructose etc are sugars. If it is does this mean I can pour it over my weetabix... gosh what a sad life we lead haha. I'm just fed up of porridge made with water I want MILK!!!

thanks for your help

actually I sduppose any easier option would be to get of my derrier and go see what it says on the packet!

Lacto-free and similar often have cane sugar replacing the lactose as they are trying to mimic the flavour of the 'normal' milk.

In the UK you can get unsweetened Alpro soya milk. In my opinion it is pretty grim, but would fit what you need. I have very successfully cooked lots of foods including pancakes with the sweetened Alpro, but have never tried to cook with the unsweetened version.

ps. tried the soya milk it was ok, but as I recall my sugars still were going high...after fiddling with timings carb ratios etc for weeks I just gave up on cereal and milk in the morning. I now just have readybrek made with water..also pretty grim!! Perhaps I was fighting an infection or something. But I'm happy just to stick as long as my sugars are good that's all that matters

Hi Louise, I use the Lacto-free milk in my porridge & even so my bg goes up after Bf..! I think normal milk is a low GI food anyway. I only found out I was lactose intolerant after switching to Lacto-free milk.
Keep smiling... cos lacto-free milk is all goodness...
Mony...

...I miss my cereal with milk in the morning as I found it made my bg rise no matter how much I injected. ...

The main reason why cereal raises blood sugar is the starch in the cereal. The lactose in the milk accounts for only a small proportion of the carbohydrate, maybe 15-20%. Avoiding cereal altogether is what you really need to do ... .